One Huge Photo
WOW! A 1km photo! That’s no joke! A composite image created from more than 100,000 pictures will be printed as a single photograph more than one kilometer long and exhibited London next month. The photographer Clare Newton, spent almost two years working on Jump 4 London project. The photos are all of a someone jumping in front of [...]
Easter Portrait Tips
Easter is only a few days away and for portrait photographers it’s a busy time. I was actually shocked at the amount of late calls this year. Usually our clients want the shots before Easter, this year I’ve had more appointments scheduled for the few days before Easter than usual. So I thought we’d talk [...]
Photo Manipulation At Its Best
I’m still on my quest to create amazing seamless manipulations. Today I wanted to revisit the work of Dave Hill to start. Through our last video and watching Dave Hill videos, I’ve learned that lighting may be the most important part of the process. Don’t get me wrong, there are many parts to the process [...]
Photo Manipulation-Making The Impossible Possible
Photo manipulation is something that we do not do often, but we want to look into a bit more. With our Fairy/Fantasy work manipulation is critical, and so in our search for knowledge we came across a video to share with you. While it does not go into great detail on the how tos it [...]
Jesh de Rox 2012 Premiere Event Passes
The Perfect Pose loves Jesh de Rox! So needless to say we were mega excited when we received an email from Jesh about his 2012 event pass! With the event pass you have no reason to miss any of his amazing workshops or retreats! Jesh is an amazing photographer and if you have never been [...]
Holiday Portrait Backdrops
We have made it through Halloween..had our first snow fall and now the winter holidays are fastly approaching! I was searching for a few new props for this year’s holidays portraits and wanted to share my 10 favorite holiday backdrops,props, and ideas with you! Holiday Dreams backdrop from Denny. I love this because it has [...]
Add Some Bang To Your Images
Heres is a great video tutorial that teaches you how to add some nice dramatic color to your images! It’s about 8 minutes long and what I love about it is, it isn’t using lightroom or PS. Don’t get me wrong, both of those I love, but it was cool to find something a bit [...]
Shooting A Theme Wedding
For the most part shooting a theme wedding is not much different than a traditional wedding. One main thing to keep in mind here is some themes, especially if “Era” based, may have different rituals and customs to shoot. Theme weddings can be a lot of fun, they can also make you feel a bit [...]
Refresh Your Mind For The Holidays
The holidays are right around the corner which means a surge business for portrait photographers! Photography is one of those arts that is constantly changing and we need to stay on top of all the changes. Everyday a new camera, accessory, tutorial or software is coming out and challenging us to evolve. However some things [...]
Portraits From The Past
Portraits from the past, is a huge passion of my wife’s. In addition to her fantasy portraits, these old time reproductions are her second largest seller! Be it Vintage Pinup, Medieval Knights, Renaissance Wenches, Cowboys, or Reproduction Victorian, the masses seem to love those old nostalgic portraits. “I love the old time portraits, I’d have [...]
Top Ten Photography Techniques
I thought today we would look at a great article about some of the top photography techniques. In addition I compiled a list of my top favorites as a photographer from my fav gear to quote! So to start here’s a glance at some of my favs! MY TOP TEN My fail safe lens- Canon [...]
Setting The Studio Mood
Do you play music in your studio during your session? No, why not? I found that when I put on music my client seem to relax more, and some even seem to transform into a totally different person. Playing music during a session became a practice for me after one client actually asked me to. [...]
HDR Portrait Photography
Have you heard of HDR? Of course you have, it is becoming more and more popular everyday. My love of HDR photography came when I first saw photography by David Hill. I instantly fell in love with it, and searched forever, with no luck, on how to do that. But since them I’ve come across [...]
Create Some Sparks
I found this funny and educational video I wanted to share. It shows how to make some pretty cool sparks for photography. I can think of a bunch of uses for this..No, Really! The video not only tells you how to make some awesome sparks, but gives you tips for actually photographing the wonder you [...]
How To Photograph Fireworks
The 4th of July is mere days away, and one thing we all do, is grab the camera for some fireworks shots. The next thing a lot of us do, is look at the images in confusion and wonder what happened. But we are going to help you make sure your images this holiday turn [...]
10 Shots Per Minute
I found this great little video and thought WOW, I see a bunch of great shots here! The video is about a minute long, it shows a model with her hair being blown. The amazing thing is how many looks, shots you can see in a short minute film. I know I named this post [...]
Amazing Things You Can Do With Today’s DSLR’s
It seems like more and more people are making video with their DSLR’s. With footage like this, I can see why. I was talking to a videographer friend of mine the other day and he was telling me about the price of some HD video cameras. Some up to $30,000! Then he told me, you [...]
Super Slow Motion Surfing Videography
I have to admit, I am a bit of an outdoors sports nut. I love, surfing, running, rock climbing… Pretty much anything that takes ambition, drive and dedication. I find myself drawn to this type of adventure more and more each day. I came across this super slow motion video and thought I would share [...]
Find Out Who Unfriended You On FaceBook
By Following these simple steps you can find out who unfriended you on facebook. That’s right people, you thought everyone loved you, never suspecting or noticing your friend count slowly plunging below 2,000. But now with this nifty little plugin for firefox, you will know when you are unfriended. Here are the steps: 1. If [...]
Halloween in Harlem by Amy Stein
I was searching for some Halloween photography related news and I came across photographer Amy Stein. She is a New York based photographer who shot a series of portraits titled “Halloween in Harlem.” I really enjoyed looking through the images, they all have wonder composition and a great artistic feel. Please take a minute to [...]
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